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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Leon Nathaniel Dillard, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Wayne Alan Wilkerson, Manassas, VA (US);
Roy Roger Gordon, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Leon Nathaniel Dillard, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Wayne Alan Wilkerson, Manassas, VA (US);
Roy Roger Gordon, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
There is provided a cryptographic round dater and its method of use. By capturing customer profile information and encoding the information on a label affixed to the customer's submitted mailpiece, fraudulent or criminal use of the mail may be deterred by providing traceability to the source of the mail piece. The information attached to the mailpiece may be both human readable and machine readable, said machine readable portion being optionally encrypted to protect the privacy and security of the encoded information. Further benefit is provided by allowing the handling of a mailpiece to be traced, allowing for effective remediation or investigation in the event of an unauthorized use of mail.